Senior Associate

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Risk

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career within Internal Audit services, will provide you with an opportunity to gain an understanding of an organisation’s objectives, regulatory and risk management environment, and the diverse needs of their critical stakeholders. We focus on helping organisations look deeper and see further considering areas like culture and behaviours to help improve and embed controls. In short, we seek to address the right risks and ultimately add value to their organisation.

JOB DESCRIPTION – Software Asset Management
Purpose of the Job /Role  Developing long term software management strategy and goals.
 Developing and implementing procedures for tracking company
software assets to oversee quality control, and usage throughout their
life cycles
 Monitor software licenses to ensure they comply with license
agreements and usage standards
 Establishing and maintaining linkage with budgeting and
procurement processes to track software acquisition, utilization, and
retirement.
 Collaborate with departments management to define cost savings,
software compliances and service improvement opportunities
 Ensure audit compliance readiness
 Drive continuous education awareness of company policies.
Skill Profile  Hands-on experience on software asset management

 Excellent knowledge of the Hardware Asset Management process
 Strong experience with asset management and discovery tools like
Snow, Flexera, ServiceNow SAM Pro
 Experience with developing, implementing, and refining SAM
processes and procedures
 Good knowledge of the other Service Management processes,
particularly Change Management
 Intermediate Excel skills
 Excellent English language skills (verbal and written)
 Experience working in a virtual environment
 Experience interpreting licensing terms and conditions, licensing
knowledge and product use rights for defined software titles. Along
with contract analysis and negotiation skills.
 Participated or lead in software audits
 Understand standards like ISO/IEC 19770-1; ISO/IEC 5230 etc.
 Ability to deal tactfully with vendors, suppliers, and contractors who
provide a broad spectrum of products and services
 Highly competent at interpreting data, analyzing problems, and
formulating solutions to present to management level and above
 Knowledge of Active Directory, virtualization technologies, network
topologies, software vendor license agreements and licensing terms
 Understands and masters the software licensing for at least three big
publishers like Microsoft, Oracle, VMWare, SAP etc.
 Familiar with Microsoft O365 or similar tools
 Knowledge around Free and Open-source software (FOSS) licensing
Roles & Responsibilities  Assess, design, and implement key process related to Software

compliance
 Software license compliance for major software publishers
 Operations and deployment of SAM and SCA tools
 Contract & Spend management including Optimization
 Co-ordinate with multiple teams, like IT, Infrastructure Management,
Finance, Procurement, Legal as required
 Work on automation areas for Discovery and Reporting
 Performing and interpreting gap analysis
 Develop risk remediation strategies
 Ensures license compliance is met, and that any noncompliance
issues are addressed quickly and efficiently.
 Monitoring the Software Uses & Highlights what users are permitted
to do with any software installed on their machine
 Interaction with software publisher, internal business team for

software license compliance & terms

Designation Senior Associate
Years of Experience 4-7 yrs
Education B.Tech / M.Tech / BCA / MCA/ B.Sc / M.Sc
Other Competencies  Experience presenting to senior management executive level

audiences
 Strong written and oral communications, analytics, and organization
skills
 Self-motivated, goal oriented, and an innovative thinker
 Maintain strong analytic, technical, and troubleshooting skills
 Continuous improvement attitude ability to seek out and implement
external leading SAM practices
 Strong organization, multitasking and time management skills
 Uses discretion in identifying and resolving complex problems and
assignments
 Works well in a diverse team and enjoys a dynamic environment
where remote working is required

 

 

Mandatory Skill Set-LMCC
Preferred Skill Set-SAM
Year of experience required-4-7 years 
Qualifications-B.tech

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Software Asset Management (SAM)

Optional Skills

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Government Clearance Required?

Job Posting End Date